Shoot me Now

I leave for my twelve hour retail shift in one hour and I just wish someone would shoot me. I'm 33 and 4 and have pains every time I stand up or walk - good thing my job consists of standing and walking all day! I spoke to my OB at my last visit and her exact words were "Pregnancy isn't a disease. If you want to start maternity sooner, that's fine, but there's no medical reason for me to sign off." But I can't start maternity leave unless she signs off so I'm just grinning through the pain as every customer yells at me and my DM yells at me to improve numbers. On top of that, after the conversation with my DM, I don't even think they're going to give me the permanent position (this is an interim management position). I talked to him and he said not to worry about my job, just to take care of the baby and that if I didn't get this position, there would be more later on. Knowing that I'm probably not going to get it makes me not even want to show up and keep working through the pain cause I feel like it isn't doing any good! Sorry, I just wanted to vent to mommies who understand.

I leave for my twelve hour retail shift in one hour and I just wish someone would shoot me. I'm 33 and 4 and have pains every time I stand up or walk - good thing my job consists of standing and walking all day! I spoke to my OB at my last visit and her exact words were "Pregnancy isn't a disease. If you want to start maternity sooner, that's fine, but there's no medical reason for me to sign off." But I can't start maternity leave unless she signs off so I'm just grinning through the pain as every customer yells at me and my DM yells at me to improve numbers. On top of that, after the conversation with my DM, I don't even think they're going to give me the permanent position (this is an interim management position). I talked to him and he said not to worry about my job, just to take care of the baby and that if I didn't get this position, there would be more later on. Knowing that I'm probably not going to get it makes me not even want to show up and keep working through the pain cause I feel like it isn't doing any good! Sorry, I just wanted to vent to mommies who understand.

I totally understand your pain! I am a department manager in a book store and I am on my feet all day, all week long. I'm 31.5 weeks along and it's getting harder and harder. I'm completely exhausted and it doesn't help that I've become anemic. Unfortunately, I only get 60% of my average pay when I go on mat leave so I have to keep my hours up because we need that income! Ugh. Anyway, good luck on your shift! :/

I totally understand your pain! I am a department manager in a book store and I am on my feet all day, all week long. I'm 31.5 weeks along and it's getting harder and harder. I'm completely exhausted and it doesn't help that I've become anemic. Unfortunately, I only get 60% of my average pay when I go on mat leave so I have to keep my hours up because we need that income! Ugh. Anyway, good luck on your shift! :/

I completely understand. I am a retail mgr too and have hyperemesis. I was spending tw majority of my shift in the bathroom with my head in the toilet. We had a corp visit and my mgr said I needed to deal with it even though I had thrown up 6 times by the time we opened. They are just evil and mean to me, told me I had to be on disability to secure my job and take time off (before my ml), then when I was off they told me when I come back I better be 100%, even with 3 meds I still struggle to keep food down. Luckily my dr is amazing and agrees with me staying off, we go on a 2 wk by 2 wk basis. But it is hard to want to go back and push myself when they are so mean:/ I would just quit but I need my insurance!

I completely understand. I am a retail mgr too and have hyperemesis. I was spending tw majority of my shift in the bathroom with my head in the toilet. We had a corp visit and my mgr said I needed to deal with it even though I had thrown up 6 times by the time we opened. They are just evil and mean to me, told me I had to be on disability to secure my job and take time off (before my ml), then when I was off they told me when I come back I better be 100%, even with 3 meds I still struggle to keep food down. Luckily my dr is amazing and agrees with me staying off, we go on a 2 wk by 2 wk basis. But it is hard to want to go back and push myself when they are so mean:/ I would just quit but I need my insurance!

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